AMD AM2 Reviews and Articles from around the web

It’s no surprise that AM2 has been launched today, and their are reviews EVERYWHERE. Here are but just a few:

Guru3D: The FX-62 CPU we used today was supplied by AMD (for a couple of days). It’s obviously is a fantastic CPU and even more apparent the fastest available to date. I was surprised that we could easily tweak another 350-400 MHz out of the CPU with just air-cooling. Hey it’s done in seconds with the 590 mainboard (high frequency memory highly recommended here btw). Then there’s that X2 4000+ processor we used. Dang .. it’s a third of the price of that FX-62 yet with performance close to the FX-60 once overclocked.

HardOCP : I personally am going to wait it out a bit with my 4800+ and 2GB of DDR-400. I will build another system this year but I am not sure whether it will be Blue or Green. I do know for sure that if I am building an AMD system here next month, I would very much embrace AMD and DDR2 and move forward with their AM2 processor inside.

Hexus: AMD succeed in taking DDR2 to K8, with an integrated memory controller that’s both very high bandwidth and low latency, allowing AM2 CPUs to match or exceed the performance of their Socket 939 counterparts. That’s the important conclusion to take from the CPU side of things when considering AM2 as a whole.

HotHardware: What AMD has accomplished today is indicative of the evolution and migration of an architecture, that will pave the way for future performance and enhancements. The move to DDR2 memory was inevitable and as future Athlon core architectures evolve, the company will have much needed bandwidth to service ever-hungry dual core processor pipelines.

Bjorn3D: MD has done what we feel to be an outstanding job with the introduction of their socket AM2 lineup. The X2 5000+ we reviewed today completely surprised us from the standpoint of how well it performs, particularly in the realm of memory related benchmarks. We forgot to mention earlier that the X2 5000+ in our test system performed as much as 6-7 degrees Celcius cooler than its FX-60 opponent. This is an 89 watt processor, not the low energy 65 watt version that will be available in the socket AM2 series up through the X2 4800+.

Here are some other related articles from around the web:

• AMD AM2 5000+/FX62 MSI K9N SLI PLAT – Driver Heaven
• AMD AM2 FX62 and NVIDIA nForce5 Launch – GamePyre
• AMD AM2 Platform: Athlon 64 FX-62 Processor Review – PC Per
• AMD Athlon64 5000+ AM2 – T-Break
• AMD Athlon64 FX-62 Socket AM2 Review – PC Modding Malaysia
• AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+/FX62 CPU Review – Motherboards.org
• AMD Launches The Socket AM2 Platform – Legit Reviews
• AMD Socket AM2 Family Preview – Phoronix
• Evesham Technology FX-62 System – Hexus
• Intel’s Conroe spanks AMD FX-62’s botty – Hexus
• NVIDIA nForce 590 MCP – Bjorn3D
• NVIDIA nForce 500 Preview – techPowerUp!
• NVIDIA nForce 500 Series Technology Overview – Viper Lair
• nVIDIA nForce 500 Series Preview – Technic3D
• SCAN 3XS Athlon 64 FX-62 AM2 system – Hexus
• Socket AM2: Athlon 64 FX62 , X2 5000+ and nForce 500 Review – AMD Zone
• Socket AM2: Athlon 64 X2 5000+ – Neoseeker
• Socket AM2 chipsets collide – Tech Report